Men's squash head coach Bob Callahan decided to rest two of his leaders, seniors Preston Comey and tri-captain Michael Gilman, for the men's squash team's match on Wednesday evening, but the rest of the Tigers picked up the slack.
Search for Nelson Diebel '96 on Google Images and the first hit is an eBay auction of his Sports Illustrated for Kids trading card.
Overall Record A.T.S. ( 31-24-4) Last Week A.T.S. (3-2)Finally. We have one of the best college football weeks of the year upon us.
At 8:30 a.m. most Princeton students are still sleeping. If they're not, they wish they were. Yesterday, not only was the women's hockey team up at 8:30, it was piling onto a bus headed to Erie, Pa., gearing up for the opening face-off for its games against No.
Senior Greg Haislip is a starter on the epee squad of the men's fencing team.What was your 'welcome to college' moment?Fall of freshman year, I visited Penn with two of my best friends, Josh and Brian.
When freshman Alicia Aemisegger glanced up at the scoreboard during the backstroke to breaststroke transition in the middle of her 400 individual medley at the 2005 World Championship Trials, she was slightly surprised."I took a little peek at the scoreboard ? something you're not usually supposed to do while you're racing," she said, "And I realized I was in eighth place."Knowing that "coach Shoulberg would not be happy" if she placed last in finals, Alicia swam to a third-place finish after fast breaststroke and freestyle legs.
This year's men's basketball team may be following the Ivy League Champion football team's formula for success: play your way to a deficit in the first half, then play your way right back out of it in the second half to secure the win.
Countless athletes past and present have been considered dominant in their time. But rarely are the athletes so superior to contemporaries that they reach the point of competitive perfection.
After digging itself a huge hole, the women's basketball team wanted back in. Unfortunately, sometimes wanting the win isn't quite enough, and that was the case last night when Princeton (2-3 overall) fell to St.
Princeton's women's and men's squash teams are ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the country, respectively, but Harvard's squads, No.
Thanks to Hollywood's frequent dramatization of hockey movies such as "The Mighty Ducks," the face-off has gained fame as a high-intensity, in-your-face showdown that gives opposing players a chance to talk smack face to face and set the tone for the hard-fought, action-packed on-ice battles to follow.In reality, there isn't as much hype attached to face-offs as the movies suggest, but that doesn't make them any less important."In a hockey game, there can be upwards of 100 face-offs, so generally if you can control the face-off circle you can have a decided edge in puck possession and therefore opportunities," sophomore center Brett Wilson said.
The members of the men's club ice hockey team have learned a thing or two about having big shoes to fill.
Memorial Day Weekend, 1996. Princeton's men's lacrosse team, a soon-to-be-storied squad with two championships in its past, is fighting for its second NCAA lacrosse championship in a close battle against the University of Virginia.With the score tied 12-12 at the end of regulation, the referees whistle for overtime.
Inside Lacrosse magazine has ranked the men's lacrosse team No. 4 in the nation in its preseason poll released yesterday.Last year, Princeton compiled an 11-5 record and reached the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals before being knocked out by Maryland.
Some athletes complain that their seasons last too long. Only runners, however, can claim a season that extends nine months, from early September to June.
Follow the Men's Basketball game as the team takes on Lafayette on Sideline Dispatches, our sports blog.
The fencing team starts the new season with a new head coach, Zoltan Dudas. Dudas, who was selected for the job in March, was formerly an assistant coach at Notre Dame for five years.
